Display appurtenance to weighing mechanism



May 14, 1935. H. c, TURNER Er AL DISPLAY APPURTENANCE TO WEIGHING MECHANISM Filed Oct. 14, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR'S,

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Hughes C. Turner, New York, N; Y., and Howard Roy Stacks, Detroit, Mich; --sa'id Stacks 'assignor 'tos'aid Turner v Application October 14, 1933, Serial (No. 693,620

' AOlainisl (o1. so -2s) This invention'relates'tocmechanism adapted shaft B is a weight-indicating disc B fwhose to -be-conjointly used with a now :familiar form .peripherypassesclosely adjacent the lensaperof ,weightindicating mechanism "for the-display =ture-A -AtC-is located a-balance wheelsecured of a message through a separate aperture in toithe shaft :13, the spindle being provided with 5 the enclosing wall -or shell :from that through ,;a 'driving lpin -C. The shaft B also carries which the patrons weight is indicated, generally loosely-mountedthereonagear pinion B driven ,onthe periphery ofza rotatable discwhich passes by 'a rack Bi -the pinion carrying adriving pin relatively closeto the'weight-observing aperture B whichoperativelyengages the-driving pin 0.. in the shell. It has for its object an improved operatively-the rackB is3a part of the lever rod Organization of parts by-means of which, when B and bears-hon the-breaking plate--13 which 10 once the weighing-mechanism has been properly is connected by the steelyard B with the load released for operation by the depositing of a platform (notshown), For the sake of simcoin in the 'slot, the component and related gplicity we have also abstained from-showing any parts may be so actuated as to effect the discoin-trip means 'ior releasing these weighing 5 playof-some oneof a successive series of mesparts iorq-weightactuation, since any one of sages, such as advertisements, pictures, pur- :severaliormscould be used, and as such forms 1 ported fortunes and the like, which are carried nopartof :our present invention. a -0n a belt or tape whose regulated travel past Projecting laterally i-irom the steelyard B is the corresponding inspection aperture of .the aabracket-D,carryinghear its end a pair ofup shell isefiectedloyits-connection with the loadstanding :and somewhat resilient rods D and 120 actuated mechanism. o r 132; 'each sprovided with ratchet driving toothing Unlike the mechanism described and claimed on their opposingwfaces. Dependent upon the in Letters Patent :No. 1347 814 issued to '11s operation of the throw-off :mechanism, which February 20, 1934, we have in the *form here Wi11 =be hereinafter described, one or the other illustratedconstructed and organized our aperof these ratchetedj rods .is inoperative engagetures'tofunction with respect to a'double wound ment with the gear E, mounted upon the shaft or terminally anchored belt or tapeas contrasted E, which rsh'aft also carries the much larger with the endless belt mechanism there shown. drum jgea'r E, which ateach endofits periphery For reasons which will be hereafter enlarged :is provided with a series-of spaced pins as E upon, and correspondingly therefor, this diswhich,='similarly' to the operation of a motion 30 closure has to-do with the automatic reversal in picture'film, are adapted :to 'engage in correthe direction of travel of the message bearing spending holes in the margin of atape or disbelt'or tape, and its display in'a Variant manplay'strip F. The ends'of this display strip F 1 acco ingly l 'are:carriedbyand-woundupon the drums Gand vIII the aw n H, the shafts of which-are preferably journaled Figure 1 is a front elevational view of our at their ends in the supporting bracket J. For

combined weighing and message offering appurposes of maintaining an adequately tight paratus,ywith-the front wall of the shell broken "draw upon the tape as it 'is being operated the away was to show'the positioning and functionends of a :narrower tape are wound upon the ing of the message bearing tape relatively to :shaftsof the 'drums-Gand H, and its mid porthe other parts. tion dependsin a loopytherefrom, being weight- Figure 2 is a side sectional 'elevational view edly drawn down to the desired'degree of tension taken along the line -22 of Figure l and looking by the weight-laden:pul1ey .K.

in the direction of the arrows there shown. Such portion of the display tape F as is not 5 FigureBisa-plan View from'above, taken subat any given time woundlupon, the drums G stantially :along the line 33 of Figure '2 and and E passes upwardly therefrom and over the looking in the direction of the arrows there hexagonalor similarly angular display drum L,

shown. whose sh'aft 'L 'is rotatably journaled at itsends t Figure 4 is an edge elevational view of the in a -suitable bracket or in the side walls of the display tape storage rollers taken from a direcshell' A. -It--will"be noted that'this-display drum 50 tion indicated by the arrow X in Figure 2. is positioned in th'e direct focal line of the lens A indicates a shell of suitable and now well .A and that itssidesinstead of'offering acurved known contour having a sloping top portion A surface over which the tape F is drawn,invo1ve uprovided with lens-filled inspection apertures A the flat positioning-of the tape 'over the sucand A Supported upon the rotatably journaled cessive ones of its straight sides. This hexagonal drum being also provided with similarly spaced pins L to those present on the periphery of the studded drum E, it will be obvious that if the shaft E of this latter is rotated, due to the downward draw upon it of one or the other of the ratcheted rods D or D the tape will be movingly actuated about the hexagonal drum L the exact distance required to change from one display on the tape F to another, it being of course understood that the size of these several displays is made to correspond therewith.

To provide for the proper reversal inthe direction of travel of the tape F when one or the other of its normally wound drum ends M is approached, we provide stops as F andF on the tape F so near the normally drum-carried ends thereof that the distance from the level of the overthrow members M and N to the tapecarrying drums G and H respectively will approximately measure a total of the available length of tape not already drawn in the then prevailing direction by and past the studded actuating drum E. These overthrow members M and N, it will be noted, are carried in' a position of limited rotation relatively to the supporting shaft P, whose ends are suitably -suported in the bracket J. Each of these reversing members projects on each side of the supporting shafts P and P and is notched at one' -end,-as M and N respectively, for engagement by their 'respective stops F and F on the tape F. The other ends of these tripping members are of the cam form shown elevationally in Figure 2' at M and N respectively, being so contoured that so long as their respective notched ends remain unengaged by the stops or the belt F they will leave their respective gear tooth-supporting rods D and D in engagement with the ratchet wheel E on the shaft E. In Figure 2, for example, the toothed rod D' is shown as in engagement with the ratchet wheel, while the corresponding toothed rod D has been thrown out' of engagement therewith by the tripping of the overthrow member M, so that its cam portion M has bent the rod D slightly to the left. Similarly, the overthrow piece N, provided with a similarly contoured cam piece N is adapted to be actuated to the position shown in dottedlines by the engagement against its notched ends of the trip projection F on the left hand stretch of the tape F; thus no matter how continuously the weight-indicating mechanism is actuated, resulting in the operation of the tape-display mechanism just described, the tape is sure of actuation about the hexagonal drum L in one direction or the other, and if the tape F be made of sufiicient length to carry an appreciable number of separate messages or displays, a corresponding number of actuations of the entire mechanism will have tobe gone through with before thepatron encounters a repetition of the displayed message or fortune on the then exposed sloping though straight surface of the hexagonal drum L which-lies inthe direct range of observability through the lens A In some cases the truncated sphere Q in whose apertured center portion the message-observing lens is located may be made wholly of glass. In such cases as involve the curved sides of this spherical support being made of frosted glass, it would of course be impossible to view the displayed message on the sloping hexagonal side of the drum L at an angle, and'a would-be cheater of the mechanism would thus be precluded from reading the message without paying with one end of the link T, the other end of which is similarly pivotally connected withthe end of the bell-crank projectionU whose throw is determined by and attendant upon the authorized load-actuated operation of the weighing mechanism, ,due to its detention or release ,vjrhen the downward travel of the rack permits the over-weighted camV to fall, thus actuating the bell crank lever R and its connected link U accordingly.

What we claim is: V

1. In combination with a load-operable mechanism, means for effecting the successive display of a variety of prepared messages synchronously with the operation 7 thereof, comprising a pair of storage drums, a message-bearing strip adapted to be unwound'from one of said drums as it is ro'lledupon the other of said drums,

1 a display drum over which the intermediate portion of said strip passes on its way from one to the other of said drums, said display drum being positioned observedly adjacent a selected point relatively to the probable location of the users eye, means actuated by the movement of the load-operable mechanism whereby the movement of the strip through a predetermined distance along its length is contemporaneously effected, and means rendered active by the engagement thereagainst of selectively located projecting appurtenances upon the strip whereby strip bearing a plurality of individual displays,=

a pair of drumson and between which said display strip is carried, means for effecting the limited travel of said strip from one drum to the other according to the actuation of said load-operable mechanism, a display drum over which the intermediate portion of said strip passes for successive display of its individual surface portions, and means operable by the engagement thereagainst of selected portions of said strip whereby the direction of travel thereof is automatically reversed.

3. A combined weight-indicating and message displaying mechanism, comprising, in com bination with load-responsive elements adapted to indicate the degree of response to an imposed load, means operatively connected therewith whereby each actuation of said load-responsive elements is transmitted elsewhere in equal degree regardless of variances in the applied load imposed upon the former, a gear drum adapted to receive its operative actuation from said lastnamed element, a pair of rotatable storage and delivery drums, a message bearing strip carriedi by andbetween said drums, said strip being operatively engaged bysaid gear drum for the effectuatiorr of its movement through a predetermined distance at each operation of said transmitting means with which. the load responsive elements are connected, an idler drum over whose peripheral surface the inter- I'o preclude this we provide the pivotmediate portion of said strip is drawn for display of successive sections thereof at a predetermined observation point, and normally inactive means adapted to be activated by the engagement thereagainst of certain portions of said display strip whereby the direction of actuated movement of the latter is reversed.

4. In combination with a display strip, a pair of drums upon and between which said display strip is supported, a rotatable display drum over whose periphery said display strip is observably drawn, means for efiecting the intermittent travel of said strip over said display drum and from one to the other of said storage drums through a predetermined portion of its length, means operatively connected with an external load-responsive element whereby said strip-advancing means is successively actuated each time to the same degree and regardless of variances in the loads towhich said external element may be successively subjected, and means rendered operable by the engagement thereagainst of selected points on said strip whereby the direction of travel of the latter 1 is automatically reversed.

HUGHES C. TURNER. HOWARD ROY STACKS. 

